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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging
What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation
AIKS calls public meeting at Haryana toll plazas
AIKS leaders addressed a mass of state farmers protesting repression and detention of those travelling to protest sites via railways.
Bonds levied on UP farmers: Allahabad HC warns DM to be “cautious”
The court warned the Sitapur DM to not act arbitrarily and against natural justice over their notice demanding exorbitant personal bonds from farmers
Rihanna, Greta Thunberg support Indian farmers; MEA cries foul
Ministry of External Affairs issues statement on comments by global icons’ solidarity with indian farmers, adds its own hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda
Maharashtra gov’t bringing back Ballot papers?
State government appears keen; Bill to this effect likely in Budget Session
Will Kisan mahapanchayat signal a political movement in UP, Haryana?
Arrested farmers should be released before talks are resumed demands Rakesh Tikait as over 50,000 farmers attend Kandela khap mahapanchayat
No central “love jihad” law on the cards: MHA
The Centre failed to provide data on forced religious conversions, shifting the burden on the States
India shocked as Sri Lanka cancels international partnership for ECT project
Giving in to the mounting pressure of local workers Unions, the Sri Lankan government cancels the 2019 agreement including India and Japan in a major port project.
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over sedition FIRs
Six journalists and Dr. Tharoor have been booked for their alleged misleading tweets that claimed that the Police shot dead a Sikh youth during the Republic Day tractor parade
Budget Session: How the Centre justified farms laws in Lok Sabha
The Agriculture Minister justified the urgency of passing the laws during a pandemic and gave reasons why civil courts jurisdiction has been barred
Gov’t will not compensate families of farmers who died during protests: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs even justified the use of tear gas and water cannons on protesting farmers
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